PLAYED AT: Arena RigaDate: May 1, 2018GAME NOTES: CANADA ROLLS PAST LATVIA FOR PRE-WORLDS WIN
JASON LA ROSE
RIGA, Latvia – Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Ottawa, Ont./Ottawa, NHL) scored twice, Connor McDavid (Newmarket, Ont./Edmonton, NHL) and Pierre-Luc Dubois (Sainte-Agathe-de-Monts, Que./Columbus, NHL) had a goal and an assist apiece, and Canada’s National Men’s Team earned a 6-1 win over Latvia on Tuesday in its lone pre-tournament game ahead of the 2018 IIHF World Championship.
Colton Parayko (St. Albert, Alta./St. Louis, NHL) added three assists, and Bo Horvat (Rodney, Ont./Vancouver, NHL) and Jaden Schwartz (Wilcox, Sask./St. Louis, NHL) had two for the Canadians, who took charge with a three-goal second period.
McDavid was first on the board for Canada, cruising through the slot and getting his stick on a Parayko point shot for the 1-0 goal at 16:59 of the opening period.
But the Latvians responded just a minute later, with Rodrigo Abols tipping a shot past Canadian goaltender Darcy Kuemper (Saskatoon, Sask./Arizona, NHL) to send the game to the intermission tied 1-1.
The goals came fast and furious for Canada early in the second period.
Anthony Beauvillier (Sorel-Tracy, Que./N.Y. Islanders, NHL) was first at 1:08, racing down the left wing and beating Latvian netminder Kristers Gudlevskis with a quick shot over the glove.
The Dubois-Horvat-Pageau line extended the lead with a pair of goals on the same shift; Dubois parked himself in the slot and finished a feed from Horvat to make it 3-1 at 6:05, before finding Pageau with a cross-crease feed to make it a three-goal lead just 28 seconds later.
Curtis McElhinney (London, Ont./Toronto, NHL) took over for Kuemper – who stopped 15 of 16 – to start the third period. He made 12 saves in the final 20 minutes.
Pageau poked in his second of the game early in the third period before McDavid and Schwartz set up Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Burnaby, B.C./Edmonton, NHL) to finish the scoring midway through the final stanza.
The Canadians will travel to Herning, Denmark for the preliminary round at the 2018 IIHF World Championship. It opens its quest for a third gold medal in four years against the United States on Friday (10:15 a.m. ET/7:15 a.m. PT).

Visiting Team: Canada

Home Team: Latvia

CANADA LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

0

DiPietro, Michael

G

30

McElhinney, Curtis

G

35

Kuemper, Darcy

3

Edmundson, Joel

5

Ekblad, Aaron

6

Pulock, Ryan

7

Eberle, Jordan

10

Schenn, Brayden

12

Bailey, Josh

13

Barzal, Mathew

17

Schwartz, Jaden

18

Dubois, Pierre-Luc

21

Jost, Tyson

25

Nurse, Darnell

27

Murray, Ryan

44

Pageau, Jean-Gabriel

52

Chabot, Thomas

53

Horvat, Bo

55

Parayko, Colton

72

Beauvillier, Anthony

90

O'Reilly, Ryan

93

Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan

97

McDavid, Connor

CANADA PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

3rd

10

2:00

Holding

14:51

1

14:51

16:51

LATVIA LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

74

Gudlevskis, Kristers

G

80

Kivleneks, Matiss Edmunds

5

Salija, Arturs

11

Batna, Oskars

13

Skvorcovs, Gunars

14

Bukarts, Rihards

15

Karsums, Martins

18

Abols, Rodrigo

23

Zohovs, Eriks

24

Redlihs, Mikelis

25

Dzerins, Andris

26

Balinskis, Uvis Janis

27

Cibulskis, Oskars

29

Freibergs, Ralfs

37

Kalns, Egils

41

Razgals, Frenks

47

Cipulis, Martins

58

Galvins , Guntis

70

Indrasis, Miks

71

Bukarts, Roberts

77

Zile, Kristaps

79

Pavlovs, Vitalijs

81

Siksna, Edgars

84

Jevpalovs, Nikita

94

Rubins, Kristians

96

Bicevskis, Maris

LATVIA PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

LATVIA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

16:59

97-53-55

2nd

1:08

72-17-10

2nd

6:05

18-53-55

2nd

6:33

44-55-18

3rd

5:32

44

3rd

9:20

93-97-17

LATVIA Goals

LATVIA PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

17:59

18-24-29

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES

CANADA

0 / 0

LATVIA

0 / 1

PENALTY SUMMARY

CANADA

2 min / 1 inf

LATVIA

0 min / 0 inf

POINT SUMMARY

CANADA

6 G + 10 A = 16 Pts

LATVIA

1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts

SCORING

1

2

3

Total

CANADA

1

3

2

6

LATVIA

1

0

0

1

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)

1

2

3

Tot.

On

Off

CAN - Kuemper (40:00) (W)

8

7

0

15

/0:00

2nd/20:00

CAN - McElhinney (20:00)

0

0

12

12

/0:00

3rd/20:00

LAT - Gudlevskis (50:45) (L)

12

16

9

37

/0:00

3rd/10:45

LAT - Kivleneks (9:15)

0

0

3

3

/10:45

3rd/20:00

Stars of the Game

TIME OF GAME:

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Start:

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End:

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Attendance:

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CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF World Championship - Pre-tournament Game Report.